

Secrets & Lies
19962ч 22мин
(722)
"Roxanne drives her mother crazy. Maurice never speaks to his niece. Cynthia has a shock for her family. Monica can't talk to her husband. Hortense has never met her mother."
After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman.
Director:Mike Leigh
Details
Basic Info
StatusReleased
Release DateMay 24, 1996
Original Languageen
Budget4 500 000 щ.д.
Revenue13 417 292 щ.д.
Statistics
Vote Count722
Popularity3
Languages
EnglishGreek
Production Countries
United KingdomFrance
Production Companies
CiBy 2000
Channel Four Films
Thin Man Films
Crew
Writers
Mike Leigh
Producers
Simon Channing Williams
Composer
Andrew Dickson
Cinematography
Dick Pope
Editor
Jon Gregory
Keywords
london, englandparent child relationshipadoptionsocially deprived familyreunioncandidloving
Cast

Brenda Blethyn
Cynthia Rose Purley

Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Hortense Cumberbatch

Timothy Spall
Maurice Purley

Phyllis Logan
Monica Purley

Claire Rushbrook
Roxanne Purley

Lee Ross
Paul

Lesley Manville
The Social Worker

Elizabeth Berrington
Jane

Michele Austin
Dionne

Ron Cook
Stuart

Trevor Laird
Hortense's Brother

Brian Bovell
Hortense's Brother









